Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-05
SONG AND SUNSHINE.
fashions FOR THE SEASON OF
FLOW ERS.

,torai Poems in Cotton Dresses -
spriu- in England and America-Fhe
picturesdue va. the Practtcai-Xailor-
N.de suits-The Theatre Bonuet--The
Canote and Hts American Successor
rnmeaniIs Miliinery-A POtpourri of
T~,tness aud VulGarity-The Aigrette
In Rotation to BOnnets ana Hair
Drassfae Varieties in Trim o,inga -
Tacos. Flowers and Besds-Scientific
nisousslon of Dress in Washington.
Nrw YORK, March 4.-The best posi-
ala characteristic of clothes is divine
osnse OF fitness, but many talk about
s,ness who have not the remotest idea Of
chat IT. consists. remember, as If it
were a poem or strain of music, the ap-
raarance Of the young country women in
England as they walked along the lanes
~ crossed the fields on sunny Sunday
warnings in the spring time, with white
oonaa over their lilac or blue cotton
Aresses. their white straw b0nnets
, trimmed with ribbons of the same color,
and a ssposey" in their hands or in the
bosom OF the dress. There was little of
the fashion of the town in their attire, but
there was the most delightful sense of
fitness. The fresh tints or their clothing,
the brightness and healthtulness Of their
General aspect, were in perfect harmony
With the soft beauty OF air and sky, with
the ever recurring miracle OF spring t1ow-
ara spring grass and spring foliage.
remember another country picture in
The spring, in little village in the inte-
rior of New York State. There one only
knew that Spring had come by the
0plantin'" and the preparations for
mhouse cleanin'" The women wore the
same gowns, and many OF them "blanket"
- tsbrOche" shawls the year round. The
&lng girls made some spasmodic at
tempts to change the current, but they
we're not systematiZed, were little en-
Outraged, and were, therefore, not often
sensible or satisfactory. 1t was a COM
munity where dress, or attention to 1t,
from any tasteful or artistic point of
view was considered ''frivolous," and
where a minister once lost caste and was
driven out, because his young wife. who
made all her own clothes, and changed
their color and texture with the seasons,
was voted worldly and extravagant, and
| a. setting a bad example to the young
women, members of the congregation.
The dreary mOnotony, the absence of life
and color, for which the conscientious
but acrimonious residents OF that small
nelghborhood We're responsible, are
doubtless recOrueU III GHe llSIs VI posSIDIe
causes of much subsequent folly and
crime.
These episodes Of long ago are recalled
by the freshness and "old-fashioned'
character of some of the "new" spring
styles. There Is an apparent
WEAKNESS of startling novel
ties, and a "falIing back" upon
what are known to be standard produc-
tons, which is wonderfully restful.
oh TO- hn
and appear in fine qualities and soft
make, in gray-blue tints, in red Lem-
bard plums and quiet fawns and browns.
Scotch tweeds (genpine) are shown for
travelling wear best OF all materials for
this purpose in the same well-known
mixtures, so clean and characteristic,
and are made In simple styles, with
straight. plated skirt, Norfolk jacket and
tOque to match the dress; Lhe modiste
furnishing the suit complete.
Flowers have quite disappeared; only
snarrow plating is admitted upon any
dress, and this IS optional for tweeds.
Drapery also is reduced in bulk and
weight, and there Is a prospect OF living
in comfort through the warm summer
days.
SUMMER MATERIALS.
In addition to cashmeres and tweeds,
here are challies, a gentle house mate
rial, soft and cool, for old ladies, and
always in small figures or dots on cream
grounds; fOulards, in very much the
same patterns and colors, and the cream
TOOls in many varieties; some, thin as
nuns yelling, with tuited lines, which
cross anu form small checks; some thicker
aud creped; others having lace-lIke
stripes, and still others giving us a soft,
solid serge, which cleans and dyes, and is
economical as well as beautiful.
10 NJ Fox-
nave not been very successful. EXcep-
IONS to this verdict exist in some lovely,
simulated drawn work, in clustered
srlpes, upon French batiste'; and in the
INES OF herring-bone embroidery, intro
duced into the clustered stripes, upon
some solid woods. Other designs are less
happy. Quantities of dress patterns IN
Datste, Bingham and cambria are shown.
marked with broad or clustered stripes
INTO squares, which are occupied by po-
ues or sprays OF flowers, in raised woven
embroidery. The stiffness and fixed
CHARACTER OF these designs render them
very Inappropriate for light. summer fab
ncs, and as lnartistic as they are unbe-
coming.
mere is curious want of relation be-
.neen one kind of summer stuff and
s ssSS'ner, as they come to US, both in color
: sau pattern. They seem-at least the
sslLer displays excepting In the case of
s.aar Fabrics as If made up of ev-
n Wy !Oouys lett overs, as, indeed, they Of
/ s es are There are always materials,
,Omeumes Of very good quality, which,
WI some reason, do not ''take," or have
s s'sa handicapped by over production, or
I've sti1Neu TOO late for the sales of the pre-
to %u' season. These are put on our mar
emn ana make a "queer lott" from
y n sSo which judgment is required to
! axe axe selection.
ma vasees nave retired for the present;
fi,h, sLlhants having been used up in fur
NM I'1 ~ covers for piue pillows, decorated
bss pug rnt needles In outline. Doubtless
w. vs,r Wi appear again, they always do
NH lew years, and are talked about,
nto number of women are deluded
ouying them, VINO, finding them
a et ir.e ~ lor wear and expensive 30 make.
" sbaoI tuem again until the turn OF the
|ace wings them once more to the sur
lao IsoL ruth is, pongee is not practicable.
srteS character, and this has to be i'm
bv " n IL oy trimming, by embroidery,
|bici iiestrlctlng it to certain uses In
. kit6 von is neutrality is virtue. Lined
. ot cSeaowlsh surah 1t makes a good but
scs ssp duster. Trimmed with cream
. ue oiack velvet bands 10 looks we'll
also atnef sallow brunette--as rolo-
tsnto T'er black velvet skirt, and orna.
i nd twin lines Of delicate embroidery
nnf trimmed with craa,, - =. ~. = :